{"id":2436,"date":"2018-07-17T10:25:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T17:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollingsworthllc.com\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2020-01-23T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T23:51:47","slug":"elements-of-successful-contract-packaging-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollingsworthllc.com\/elements-of-successful-contract-packaging-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements of Successful Contract Packaging Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an essential aspect of supply chain management, packaging offers opportunity as well as necessary function. This service not only functions as the key element of preparing a completed product (or kit of products) to ship to the customer, it also provides an occasion to implement improvements in branding, quality and customer satisfaction.<\/p>\n

Quality and cost-effective packaging can be hard to find. The most successful contract packaging partners use both cutting-edge practices and materials and guide projects from start to finish. Since each packaging initiative is one-of-a-kind with regard to size, scope and lifespan, flexibility is a critical requirement that a contract packaging partner must be able to accommodate. Along with flexibility, there are four additional elements of successful contract packaging services.<\/p>\n

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Five Elements for Successful Contract Packaging<\/h2>\n

Flexibility<\/h3>\n

The goal is to maximize the impact of each element of packaging operations. The greater your contract packaging partner’s capacity for flexibility, the more streamlined, cost-effective and generally successful their operations will be.<\/p>\n

Flexibility is also important to a successful packaging project with regard to the demands of today’s customers. They expect convenience factors such as bottles that are easier for arthritic hands to open and packaging that is designed for portability. Increasingly, on-the-go consumers prefer smaller, more portable packages or individual use packaging within the primary container. For example, consumers prefer single-serving airtight pouches of protein powder to large tubs. While some consumers still enjoy value size products, smaller portions are favored. This is a major, growing trend in packaging as a whole.<\/p>\n

Accuracy<\/h3>\n

The packaging process offers an additional opportunity to double check orders for quality control. After assembly and kitting, the packaging stage is where shipments can be checked again for accuracy before they are completed, wrapped up and shipped. Accuracy is vital not only for customer satisfaction, but for numerous additional costs caused by inaccurate orders:<\/p>\n